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2nd Annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala
06/11/2009 - By United Nations Plaza

2nd Annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala

Annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala attracts Celebrities and Industry Leaders

The 2nd annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala (following the IREO renewable Energy Conference) at the UN Headquarters in New York City, NY attracted high profile attendees from around the globe including VIP Guests Master of Ceremony and Good Morning America Weather Anchor Sam Champion, designer Rachel Roy, Award presenters and Actors Tony Goldwyn, Matthew Modine, Carla Ortiz, Gloria Reuben and Billy Zane, Supermodel Masha Rudenko, Actor Chris Lidell, Actor & Producer Shawn Parsons.

The IREO (Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization) founded this annual event as a way to honor those individuals and organizations who choose to lead the way of global advancement in alternative energy solutions. The Renewable Energy Award is an opportunity to recognize those individuals and organizations that challenge conventional wisdom and encourage critical thinking to create positive reform.

IREO is a proponent of clean and efficient energy sources combined with sustainable development and social awareness. The organization started as a partnership initiative launched in response to the Rio Declaration on Environmental and Development, the Kyoto Protocol, the Johannesburg Declaration and the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in New York.

Details are as follows:

WHO: Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization (IREO)

IREO Secretary-General Robson Mello

Event Co-Chairs: Sulaiman Al Fahim and Amy Sacco

Host Committee: Rachelle and Ed Begley Jr., Jerry Duplessis, Holger Heims, Wyclef Jean, Goumba Johnny, Zoli Kovacs, Chris Lidell, HE Francis Lorenzo, Lora O'Connor, Chazz and Giana Palminteri, HE Ivan Romero, Emma Snowdon Jones, Ethan Zohn, Michael Zurawin

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Luiz Marinho, Mayor of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Government Award, dedicated to developing Environmental laws that benefit the health of the people of Sao Paolo.

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Best Government Initiative for Renewable Energy, to recognize its various government initiatives in renewable energy.

HRH Prince Malik ado Ibrahim of Nigeria, Best Practices Award, investor in Solar technology for the developing world.

Sulabh International Social Service Organisaton, NGO Award, Promotes human rights, environmental sanitation, health and hygiene, non-conventional sources of energy, waste management and social reforms through education.

Dynamotive Fuels, Private Sector Award, emerging leaders in converting both biomass residues and energy crops into fuels that are technologically viable and environmentally sound, as well as economically competitive to fossil fuels.

Dr. Arthur J. Nozik, Science and Technology Award, Senior Research Fellow Scientific Director, Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and University of Colorado, Boulder - Winner of 2008 ENI Award.

Dr. Daniel G. Nocera Science and Technology Award, The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Named one of The Time 100 in 2009

Vassilis Keramidas, Science and Technology Award, IEEE Fellow and retired researcher for AT&T Bell Labs and Bellcore Research.

Richard Best, IREO Renewable Energy Certificate of Recognition, Founder of EcoDesign, an architecture and design firm focusing on sustainability.

John Paul DeJoria, Goodwill Ambassador, Owner of Paul Mitchell Systems, Patron, Sun King Solar

Josh Tickell, Goodwill Ambassador, Director of the Sundance award winning film, FUEL

Nikos Spirdakis Jr. Goodwill Ambassador, 11 year old director of Climate Change PSA, SAVE IT

WHAT: 2nd Annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala

WHERE: United Nations Plaza
United Nations Delegates Dining Room
New York, NY


WHEN: Thursday, June 11, 2009



About IREO (http://www.ireoigo.org/Home.html)

IREO aims to contribute to the global battle against the environmental challenges posed by the development of human civilization through the implementation of pilot projects designed to educate, promote and expand the use of renewable energies around the globe. IREO's vision is to build long-term partnerships with communities, governments, the United Nations, private sector, NGOs, IGO's, academia and think tanks in order to bring sustainability to communities while creating a better and cleaner world.

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